Smoke and cinder conveyer for locomotives



J. S. LLOYD. Smoke and Cinder Conveyerfor-L0001:n01;ives.- No. 227,550.

Patented May II, 1880 WU WH mmmmmm Q )IIIIIIIA INVENTOR,

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()EETCE.

JOHN S. LLOYD, OF FLEMINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

SMOKE AND CINDER CONVEYER FOR LOCOMOTIVES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,550, dated May 11,1880.

Application filed October 4, 1879.

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Smoke and Cinder Oonveyers for Locomotives; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of a train of cars, partly in section, with myimprovements illustrated as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a brokentransverse vertical section of a car and my improvements. Fig. 3 is asectional view of water-valve. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view ofdamper in the uptake, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section ofthe couplings for smoke-conducting pipe.

My invention has for its object to provide means for preventing theadmission of smoke, cinders, &;c., from the engine to the cars attachedthereto 5 and my improvements consist in the peculiar construction andcombination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A indicates the engine, B thetender, and G a car, of a train to which my improvements are applied.

D represents the uptake on the engine, with which connects apipe, E,extending rearwardly over the tender and car, havingcoupling-connections between each,as hereinafter described.

0 is a valve controlled by the engineer from the cab through the mediumof a rope, d, so

thatthe issue from said uptake may pass out the top opening, (1, or bedirected back through said pipe E.

In the path of the pipe E are boxes F F, which collect cinders and othersolid matter, which may be removed from time to time as it accumulates.Valves G G are also placed in the path of said pipe to permit the escapeof the water of condensation at various points. Said valves are fullyshown in Fig. 3, consistin g of stem g, with diskg, washer g and spring9 said washer seating on the shoulder g? in the shell or casing G. Whenthe water of condensation from the steam collects in sufficientquantities it will open the valve and rebe (and on the cars should be)not in the direct path of the smoke-pipe E, but in a branch, E. Twocinder-boxes, F F, and two valves, G G, are designed to be located oneach car.

In order to prevent freezing of the water of condensation in the pipe Eand cinder-boxes F F, said pipe may pass and the boxes be locatedbeneath the roof of the car.

The couplings for the pipe E between the engine, tender, and cars areconstructed as follows, as shown in Fig. 5: The pipe E, at the ends ofthe tender and of each car and at the rear end of the engine, isprovided with a screwcap, I, through. an opening, 6, in the head i ofwhich passes a pipe, K, having a shoulder, It, said pipe being of lessdiameter than said opening 6, while its shoulder 70 is of greaterdiameter. This allows the pipe K to be deflected to accommodate thecoupling to curves without pulling the sections apart or straining thepipes, at the same time permitting the latter to be of rigid metal, afire-proof connection being necessary for the purpose of my invention.Said pipe K has a shoulder, is, on its outer extremity, forming a seatfor a packing-rin g, W, and a base for the attachment and connection ofthe timing spring-arms k which act as guides and form grapples fordirecting the ends of the couplings toward each other when the carsapproach, and for holding said cylinders or couplings together when incontact.

Operation If, by reason of the wind being against the train, orfor othercause, the cinders, smoke, 860., be carried backwardly, as is usuallythe case, the valve 0 is opened, so that the smoke,850.,willpassthroughthepipeEandfind egress at the rear of the train, thecinders being collected in the boxes F and the water of condensation inthe valves G. If the wind be with the train or crossing its direction ofmotion, so that the smoke, if allowed to escape directly from theuptake, will not pass back over the train, the damper a may be turned,closing the entrance to pipe E and permitting the issue from the uptaketo pass out through opening d. The pipe 9 may be inserted into the pipeG, so that the upper edge of the latter will form a shoulder, g andopenings 9 g,formed therein, will permit the water of condensation orany drip therefrom to flow back into said pipe and be carried ofi"through the same.

1: 70 show handles attached to couplings K K, to assist in adjustingsaid couplings in making up the train, so as to prevent contact of thespring-arms k It.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In combination with smoke conveyingpipe E, the cinder-boxes F, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a smoke and cinder conveyor for 10- comotives, the spring-valvesK, having stems k, with handles k substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with smoke and steam 20 pipe E, valve Gin branches,arranged to open under weight of water of condensation, and providedwith handles 9 whereby said valves may be kept open when desired,substantially as shown and described.

4. In a smoke and cinder conveyor for 10- comotives, the combination,with the pipe E, of cap I, pipe K, having shoulders is, springarms kpacking-ring 70 and spiral spring 70, forming an automatic coupling,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this24th day of July, 1879.

JOHN S. LLOYD.

Witnesses:

AL. P. BURCHELL, M. D. UoNNoLLY.

